…castle wall but this died in the 1963 winter. 2004 – FJW First sharp frost – some snow.1966 – FJW Picked 2 flowers of Mr Garden – no Campbellii –…

…last year. The other larger plants have yet to show. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The main clump of Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ – yellow form –…

…of the dwarf Rhododendron kiskei procumbens . 2017 – CHW Daffodils and snowdrops splendid in full sun this morning. More rain due any minute. Daffodils and snowdrops Daffodils and snowdrops…

…new to the catalogue last year. Loropetalum ‘Carolina Moonlight’ Loropetalum ‘Carolina Moonlight’ New this year is Loropetalum ‘Ruby Snow’ with a sensational leaf/flower contrast. Loropetalum ‘Ruby Snow’ Loropetalum ‘Ruby Snow’…

…shedding furiously below Donkey Shoe but there will be some flowers still to come out for weeks yet. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ full out….

…garden next spring. Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Likewise some young Rhododendron burmanicum. Rhododendron burmanicum Rhododendron burmanicum I peeled the bark off an elderly Betula albosinensis…

…show and still scented by George’s Hut. Camellia ‘Scentuous’ Last flower on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ below Donkey Shoe. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Attractive new growth on Diplopanax stachyanthus (WWJ 12110). Diplopanax…

…Fan’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Snow Queen’ not very floriferous. Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Snow Queen’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ – despite its name this is not actually a huge flower. I fear that this…

…lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ by the mist houses. Acer palmatumn ‘Senkaki’ (‘Sango-Kaku’) has autumn colour already above the mist houses. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ still full out outside the Burncoose House…

…Eucryphia lucida is full out above the Auklandii Garden in full sun. Eucryphia milliganii is in bud and Eucryphia ‘Pink Cloud’ out as we saw last week. Eucryphias can flower…